Some Fitting Tricks
If a tendency to sway-back causes a few shallow wrinkles at centre back waistline, clip the waistline seam and ease the fabric up into the waistband or into the waistline of your dress until the wrinkles disappear. If one shoulder is lower than another, use a shallow shoulder pad in the lower shoulder. If one hip is higher than the other, by not more than one inch, open the seam on the high hip and taper it until the skirt hangs evenly at the hemline. Necklines fit better if the shoulder seam, is stitched only to within five-eighths of an inch of the neckline—to the point where the neckline seam crosses the shoulder seam. If neck base is full, causing neckline to strain, or wrinkle back and front, open the shoulder seams from the neckline almost to the armhole edge. Allow neckline to adjust naturally, then, starting at neckline edge, pin the seam together again.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32308, 28 May 1970, Page 8
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